*The version of exiftool included in the file may be outdated. The latest version of exiftool can be found here : [http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ exiftool]. It is recommended that you check for the latest version before using CameraVersion

==Usage==

==Usage==

Revision as of 13:54, June 23, 2012

CameraVersion is a small Windows tool that helps getting the 'real' firmware version of a Canon Powershot camera. Based on Phil Harvey's ExifTool, it shows the firmware version based on the EXIF data from a Canon JPG image.

Download

The file is a self-extracting archive, it contains CameraVersion.exe (the executable file), CameraVersion.au3 (AutoIt source code) and exiftool.exe.

The version of exiftool included in the file may be outdated. The latest version of exiftool can be found here : exiftool. It is recommended that you check for the latest version before using CameraVersion

Linux/Unix

You need exiftool version 6.73 (released in 2007) or later to get the Firmware Revision line.

exiftool usually comes in a Linux package with a name like libimage-exiftool-perl, media-libs/exiftool, perl-Image-ExifTool or similar. If you can't find that (or your exiftool package is too old), you can try installing/updating it semi-automatically through Perl itself using CPAN:

cpan -i Image::ExifTool

Once exiftool is installed, use a command line like this:

exiftool IMG_NNNN.jpg -MakerNotes:FirmwareRevision

Note: If you used -MakerNotes:All instead, remember that "Firmware Revision" and "Canon Firmware Revision" are different lines! This line is not enough information: